Interference Prediction for a Reflected Beam from an Intelligent Reflecting Surface

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the level of the interference to the second UE is based on a path gain difference or a signal strength at the first UE associated with the signal forwarding to the first UE.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the signal strength at the first UE associated with the signal forwarding to the first UE corresponds to a reference signal received power (RSRP) at the first UE.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the path gain difference is based on a path length difference between a first path length variation associated with the first UE and a second path length variation associated with the second UE.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the first UE to a center of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) associated with the node and a path length from the first UE to an edge point of the IRS, and the second path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the second UE to the center of the IRS and a path length from the second UE to the edge point of the IRS.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the node is associated with an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS).

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the level of the interference to the second UE is based on a path gain difference or a signal strength at the first UE associated with the signal forwarding to the first UE.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the signal strength at the first UE associated with the signal forwarding to the first UE corresponds to a reference signal received power (RSRP) at the first UE.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the path gain difference is based on a path length difference between a first path length variation associated with the first UE and a second path length variation associated with the second UE.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the first UE to a center of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) associated with the node and a path length from the first UE to an edge point of the IRS, and the second path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the second UE to the center of the IRS and a path length from the second UE to the edge point of the IRS.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the node is associated with an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS).

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the level of the interference to the second UE is identified based on a path gain difference or a signal strength at the first UE associated with the signal forwarding to the first UE.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the path gain difference is identified based on a path length difference between a first path length variation associated with the first UE and a second path length variation associated with the second UE.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the first UE to a center of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) associated with the node and a path length from the first UE to an edge point of the IRS, and the second path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the second UE to the center of the IRS and a path length from the second UE to the edge point of the IRS.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the node is associated with an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS).

23. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.

26. The method of claim 24, wherein the level of the interference to the second UE is identified based on a path gain difference or a signal strength at the first UE associated with the signal forwarding to the first UE.

28. The method of claim 26, wherein the path gain difference is identified based on a path length difference between a first path length variation associated with the first UE and a second path length variation associated with the second UE.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the first path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the first UE to a center of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) associated with the node and a path length from the first UE to an edge point of the IRS, and the second path length variation corresponds to a signed difference between a path length from the second UE to the center of the IRS and a path length from the second UE to the edge point of the IRS.

30. The method of claim 24, wherein the node is associated with an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS).